Emphasis on the “Ruin” On paper, Ruin of the Reckless has a lot to offer. Take Binding of Isaac, add in a pixel-art style instead of the grotesque, and make the game a brawler. But, to use an old cliche, the devil is in the details. While a game like Ruin...

GOODD: Jizz In My Pants At one point in my last run of GRIDD: Retroenhanced before starting work on this review, I was on top of the world. My weapons were fully upgraded, my shields were up, and my score was rocketing sky-high. I was on a roll. Then a meteor shower...

Snaky Slithering Makes For A Scintillating Experience Snake Pass makes movement the star of its platforming experience. By having players act like a snake, they’ll slither and twist up various surfaces and bamboo ladders, clambering around stages using the...

Where Did I Put that Mad Catz Controller? Remember growing up and inviting friends over to play video games? You’d all be huddled around the CRT tv, bathed in its hypnotic glow, passing crontrollers back-and-forth (only mildly disgusted at the handsweat mixed...

All is F-Air in Love and Smash Super Smash Bros. has an fascinating relationship with its community. When Melee came out, it introduced a host of techniques, some intentional but many not, that gave the game a huge amount of depth, and eventually players found those...